Taxonomic Information
Giaura Walker, 1863 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Giaura leucophaea Hampson, 1905. India: Andaman Is.
Giaura lichenosa (Hampson, 1896). India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasis).
Giaura minor (Hampson, 1896). Sri Lanka.
Giaura multipunctata Swinhoe, 1919. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Nagaland, Assam.
Giaura niphea (Hampson, 1896). Sri Lanka.
Giaura niveidisca (Hampson, 1894). India: Assam; Myanmar (TL).
Giaura robusta (Moore, 1888). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Aruanchal Pradesh, Sikkim, Meghalaya.
Giaura tortricoides (Walker, [1866]). India: Andaman Is.; Sri Lanka.
Giaura sceptica (Swinhoe, 1885). India: West Bengal (TL: Darjeeling), Punjab, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Goa.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Giaura robusta -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Arunachal Pradesh | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 6 | 1 |
- OD: Selepa robusta Moore, 1888. Descr. new Indian lepid. Insects Colln W.S. Atkinson: 288. TL: Darjeeling. Text at https://archive.org/stream/descriptionsofne00hewi#page/288/mode/1up for female.
- Seitz, A. (Ed.). 1925. Macrolepidoptera of the World, Vol. 11, pg. 394, pl. 36k.
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2013. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuoidea Part 2: Addendum to Vol. 3, Part 1, Families Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae, Noctuidae and Checklist. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 625 pp. + 55 pls. Pl. 25/71-72.
- Sondhi, S. Karmakar, T., Sondhi, Y. & K. Kunte. 2021. Moths of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with seventeen additions to the moth fauna of India (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(Supplement 2): 1-53. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5062572.Image 240.
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-18/sarrothripini/sarrothripini_4_6.php
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/319458-Giaura-robusta
Page citation
Anonymous 2026. Giaura robusta (Moore, 1888) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/index.php/giaura-robusta, accessed 2026/03/31.